On 30/10/2007, Andrew Barber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > On 30/10/2007, Matthew Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > We need to figure out a few things first: > > > > 1) Is it *actually* pheasable? > > > This requires a location? Will we be getting a free hosting place, will > the closest ammeanities provide us with cheep sponsorship (if we are doing > that). > > 2) How many people do we expect to turn up? > > > Yet again, people up in Aberdeen may not travel to London, but they might > travel to location > > 3) Where are the people likely to turn up coming from? > > > Yet again, relative to location. If it were in london you would get more > concrete yes's. > > 4) How are we going to finance it? > > > Sponsors I would think, maybe a small entrance fee of a couple of quid. > > 5) How long will the event be? > > > I would think a day or two as much as a weekend. People wouldn't want to > take time off for these kind of things. > > 6) How are we going to market it? > > > We could send leaflets round to LUGs, try and get a notice (wallop) on > freenode, posters in universities, local (in relativity to the location) > leaflets in computer shops. > > > 7) What will be on show? > > > Ummm open floor for now, can be decided after. > > > As you can see, location is quite crucial. Mainly on the first few points. > People are willing to get involved when they know where it is, think about > any other scenario. Think about if somebody asked you to go to aKademy 07, > the first initial response (if you knew what it were) would be what > location. It is the same for the people involved with the organisation. > Choosing a location can then open us up to choosing a location with > amenities, this can higher or lower our scope on what can be done at the > UbuCon. Maybe there is a computer lab (with linux) within the place, then we > could open up the possibility of a Free Software Game Tournament, tutorials > and many other things. We can't offer something then find out later the > location does not have such facilities. >
Could we all take a look at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/IdeasPool/UbuCon_UK#head-23105941f518ba764282ef8a71fbac2d546ff2d6 -- Andrew Alexander Barber
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